he is not a fake mexican. he is just not mexican. Not legally. Mentally, I doubt it too.
You need to be born and raised in a country to fully understand its nature and culture.

I mean, there are people who feel proud of their roots, and people who are proud of where they were born, and people who has 50% of each, I think this is Cain's situation.

I know one thing, he doesn't feel confortable speaking spanish.

I have seen him in some videos speaking to a latin crowd with typical "latino" sentences, and inmediately switch to english

that is kind of what I mean.......he seems to overcompensate with the tattoo and heritage talk.
He just seems to try to hard when in fact he really doesn't know. I don't know and i almost feel bad for saying it but to me it almost seems like a fad to him. I know its not but just something he came into late and now acts as if its the best thing ever.

Mexican fight fans have always been very passionate. The were fanatics when the elder Julio Cesar Chavez was in his prime, still very supportive of Marquez. De la Hoya was an "East LA" guy, so he drew a slightly different crowd.

While Cain was born here, he grew up in Yuma which is a border town. AZ has a huge hispanic population. And i think Dana would be crazy NOT to use Cain to appeal to those mexican fans that traditionally only support boxing.

that is kind of what I mean.......he seems to overcompensate with the tattoo and heritage talk.
He just seems to try to hard when in fact he really doesn't know. I don't know and i almost feel bad for saying it but to me it almost seems like a fad to him. I know its not but just something he came into late and now acts as if its the best thing ever.

We don't really know how much of a mexican he feels inside, but you may be right. He probably tries to please everybody and not to be disrespectful with his origins, despite the fact there are a lot of fighters with latino origins and they just don't carry this latin paraphernalia. But it's cool to be a latin hero, with almost two possible countries rooting for you.

While Cain was born here, he grew up in Yuma which is a border town. AZ has a huge hispanic population. And i think Dana would be crazy NOT to use Cain to appeal to those mexican fans that traditionally only support boxing.

As we said, we don't really know how much Cain wants to be Mexican, and how much he feels like this is money for him and the UFC being the latino market masterkey.

As we said, we don't really know how much Cain wants to be Mexican, and how much he feels like this is money for him and the UFC being the latino market masterkey.

How much he wants to be Mexican? Come on, bro. He's been very open about his families story. He's a first generation Mexican American. His father came to this country for a better life for his famiky. Mission accomplished. Contrary to the stereotypes, not all mexicans come here to start landscaping businesses.

Family moves to the US, then relocates to Yuma,AZ. His kids graduate from high school, get a college scholarship & degree. Hell, ANY parent would be happy with that. Then his kid is able to use his wrestling pedigree to try out this new sport, and as it turns out, he's pretty good at it. Wins the belt, and is able to provide for HIS family who took risks to assure he would have opportunities in this country.